Visual Information Processing in Wireless Sensor Networks

Scientists and engineers in computers, information, and electronics offer a broad reference on networks of visual sensors. They cover foundations of visual information processing in wireless sensor ne

Designing, implementing, and operating a wireless sensor network involves a wide range of disciplines and many application-specific constraints. To make sense of and take advantage of these systems, a

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th European Conference on Wireless Sensor Networks, EWSN 2012, held in Trento, Italy, in Februar 2012. The 16 revised full papers presented were

This book presents an in-depth study on the recent advances in Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs). The authors describe the existing WSN applications and discuss the research efforts being underataken i

The LNCS series reports state-of-the-art results in computer science research, development, and education, at a high level and in both printed and electronic form. Enjoying tight cooperation with the

This book investigates the problem of WSNs deployments that address intrinsic properties of Outdoor Environment Monitoring (OEM) networks in order to overcome the unique challenges and circumstances i

Wireless Sensor Networks presents a comprehensive and tightly organized compilation of chapters that surveys many of the exciting research developments taking place in this field. Chapters are writte

Wireless Sensor Networks presents a comprehensive and tightly organized compilation of chapters that surveys many of the exciting research developments taking place in this field. Chapters are writte

Bulusu (computer science, Portland State University) and Jha (computer science, University of New South Wales, Australia) offer an in-depth understanding of wireless sensor networks from a systems per

A wireless sensor network (WSN) uses a number of autonomous devices to cooperatively monitor physical or environmental conditions via a wireless network. Since its military beginnings as a means of ba

This monograph covers different aspects of sensor network security including new emerging technologies. The authors present a mathematical approach to the topic and give numerous practical examples as

Wireless Sensor Networks is an essential guide for anyone interested in wireless communications for sensor networks, home networking, or device hacking. It covers a large number of topics encountered

This SpringerBrief provides a concise guide to applying wireless energy transfer techniques in traditional battery-powered sensor networks. It examines the benefits and challenges of wireless power in

In this title, the authors leap into a novel paradigm of scalability and cost-effectiveness, on the basis of resource reuse. In a world with much abundance of wirelessly accessible devices, WSN deploy

Create wireless sensor networks and intelligent interactive devices with the ZigBee wireless networking protocol. It's easy with this fast-paced hands-on guide. You'll build a series of useful projec

Today all kinds of ubiquitous systems, led by wireless sensor networks, can be seen as an unprecedented privacy risk given its ability to collect information on quantities and situations so far unsusp

This book focuses on the suitable methods to solve optimization problems in wireless network system utilizing digital sensors like Wireless Sensor Network. This kind of system has been emerging as the

Energy Management in Wireless Sensor Networks discusses this unavoidable issue in the application of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN). To guarantee efficiency and durability in a network, the science mu

Wireless sensor networks are an emerging technology with a wide range of applications in military and civilian domains. The book begins by detailing the basic principles and concepts of wireless sensor networks, including information gathering, energy management and the structure of sensory nodes. It proceeds to examine advanced topics, covering localisation, topology, security and evaluation of wireless sensor networks, highlighting international research being carried out in this area. Finally, it features numerous examples of applications of this technology to a range of domains, such as wireless, multimedia, underwater and underground wireless sensor networks. The concise but clear presentation of the important principles, techniques and applications of wireless sensor networks makes this guide an excellent introduction for anyone new to the subject, as well as an ideal reference for practitioners and researchers.

Wireless communication technologies continue to undergo rapid advancement. In recent years, there has been a steep growth in research in the area of wireless sensor networks (WSNs). In WSNs, communic

This book discusses fundamental security issues in wireless sensor networks, techniques for the protection of such networks, as well as results from recent studies in wireless sensor network security.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Real-World Wireless Sensor Networks, REALWSN 2010, held in Colombo, Sri Lanka, in December 2010.The 11 full papers a

Wireless sensor networks are currently being employed in a variety of applications ranging from medical to military, and from home to industry. Wireless Sensor Networks and Applications aims to provi

This book shows how reconfigurable hardware technology like field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) offer cost-effective, flexible platforms for implementing WMSNs. Offers a complete specification of a